Daily Posts Archive
Since my last video, a correction has begun, and the question now is whether this is a garden-variety pullback or the beginning of a bear market. How serious are the divergences in the market and the technical warnings like the advance/decline ratio? Watch today’s Stock Market Crash Course for the...
For the first time in seemingly months, the market has a bit more negative tone. So should you book some gains on some of your winners?
I don’t have any more idea than you do of what The Next Big Thing is. But the real opportunity for investors comes to those who see the potential.
Stocks that soar 178% in six months don’t come along every day. But that’s the first-half gain that made Invivo (NVIV) our best-performing Investment Digest Top Pick of 2013 at mid-year (read my mid-year update on the Top Picks for more info). The stock has now corrected slightly from those...
Our fifth revolutionary stock is Quidel Corp. (QDEL). The company has been profitable every year of the past decade.
I don’t know about the future of CREE. I just know that a stock that I owned had a bad day and I sold it.
One month ago, unable to pay its debts with an ever-dwindling supply of cash flow, the city of Detroit filed for bankruptcy, becoming the largest American city ever to do so. The filing left holders of $369 million in G.O. (general obligation) bonds issued by Detroit facing the probability of...
“With investors adjusting to the prospect of rising interest rates, high-yielding stocks sat out the latest leg of the market’s rally. S&P 500 stocks averaged a 6% total return over the last three months, while those with dividend yields above 3.5% averaged a loss of 2%. “But, on average, the median...
“B&G Foods, Inc. (BGS 35.48 NYSE – yield 3.60%) makes branded and generic prepared foods. ... In 2012, pre-tax earnings were up 18.4% on 16% pre-tax margin, a nice improvement over 2011’s 14.1% margin and 12.5% growth. Net EPS rose 15.4%. Operating cash flow has been consistently higher than earnings,...
“The predictability of earnings and the chance to buy in at discounted prices after big claims make insurance stocks great targets. Here’s another one with lean valuations and a good yield. Based just south of Harrisburg in Marietta, Pa., Donegal Group, Inc. (DGICA 13.75 Nasdaq - yield 3.70%), through its...